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- 19 Jul 2009 - Times of India New Delhi Edition - Sukumar Mahato - TNN TNN Maoists’ posters threaten to behead 9 CPM leaders Jhargram: A Maoist ‘people’s court’ on Saturday announced that nine CPM members, including a prominent local leader, will be beheaded causing panic across Jhargram town in troubled West Midnapore district of West Bengal. Residents of Manikpara in Jhargram town woke up to see posters allegedly pasted by Maoists on shops at Ramkrishna Bazar, which read: ‘‘ CPM netader shighroi pantha boli dewa hobe (CPM leaders will be beheaded soon)’’. The names of CPM’s West Midnapore district committee member Hiralal Mahato and Manikpara local secretary Shatadal Mahato figured in the ‘death warrant’. A Maoist ‘gana adalat’ (people’s court) held at Manikpara in Jhargram took the decision describing it as CPI(Maoists’) day before West Bengal CM Budhadeb Bhattacharjee’s visit to Purulia, Maoists trigerred a landmine explosion on a railway track near Urma station. Police also recovered a metal object wrapped with wire and a map of Bhattacharjee’s route to Purulia. part of strategy to annihilate ‘people’s enemies.’ The development has renewed fear among residents who had been feeling safe after security personnel stepped into the area. Soon after police removed all the posters from Ramkrishna Bazar, senior district secretariat member Dahareswar Sen rushed to the spot to tell party comrades, some of whom planning to desert CPM, not to get scared. He expressed doubts whether these posters were put up by Maoists. ‘‘I think it’s an attempt by opposition namely Congress and Trinamool Congress. Maoists do not use such foul language though we are opposed to them in theory and practice. We are not giving importance to such posters,’’ he said. Despite Sen’s assurance 30 CPM members from the surrounding villages quit CPM. ‘‘We won’t be alive if we are with CPM,’’ said Tarapada Singh, a CPM member from Barkola. Some villages like Dharampur and Bhulka are close to the police camps set up after the security forces ‘freed’ Dharampur PS from Maoists. Jhargram Congress general secretary Rajesh Mahato rubbished Sen’s allegations. ‘‘We believe in non-violence. CPM leaders are bringing baseless charges against our activists,’’ said Mahato. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
